Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malaysia was 1.55 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs the Marshall Islands population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Marshall Islands
1960	6.41	8.08
1961	6.37	8.12
1962	6.3	8.12
1963	6.19	8.12
1964	6.03	8.14
1965	5.84	8.16
1966	5.64	8.2
1967	5.43	8.17
1968	5.29	8.14
1969	5.16	8.11
1970	5.04	8.07
1971	4.92	8.04
1972	4.82	8
1973	4.73	7.95
1974	4.62	7.9
1975	4.5	7.83
1976	4.4	7.76
1977	4.28	7.67
1978	4.18	7.58
1979	4.09	7.47
1980	4.04	7.37
1981	4	7.27
1982	3.97	7.18
1983	3.93	7.08
1984	3.89	6.99
1985	3.8	6.87
1986	3.7	6.73
1987	3.57	6.57
1988	3.5	6.38
1989	3.31	6.18
1990	3.3	5.97
1991	3.34	5.76
1992	3.37	5.55
1993	3.36	5.38
1994	3.35	5.23
1995	3.32	5.09
1996	3.3	5.02
1997	3.23	4.96
1998	3.12	4.87
1999	3.07	4.78
2000	2.94	4.7
2001	2.81	4.58
2002	2.66	4.49
2003	2.6	4.42
2004	2.49	4.34
2005	2.39	4.28
2006	2.31	4.2
2007	2.25	4.09
2008	2.26	3.97
2009	2.22	3.83
2010	2.14	3.67
2011	2.15	3.53
2012	2.12	3.38
2013	2.07	3.25
2014	2.06	3.18
2015	2.01	3.13
2016	1.94	3.09
2017	1.89	3.06
2018	1.84	3.04
2019	1.78	3.01
2020	1.68	2.99
2021	1.56	2.96
2022	1.55	2.94
2023	1.55	2.92
2024	1.54	2.86
2025	1.53	2.82
2026	1.52	2.77
2027	1.51	2.73
2028	1.51	2.69
2029	1.51	2.65
2030	1.51	2.6
2031	1.5	2.57
2032	1.5	2.53
2033	1.5	2.5
2034	1.5	2.47
2035	1.5	2.44
2036	1.51	2.41
2037	1.51	2.38
2038	1.51	2.36
2039	1.51	2.34
2040	1.51	2.31
2041	1.51	2.29
2042	1.51	2.26
2043	1.52	2.24
2044	1.52	2.23
2045	1.52	2.21
2046	1.52	2.19
2047	1.52	2.17
2048	1.53	2.15
2049	1.53	2.13
2050	1.53	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Marshall Islands
1960	45.4%	46.1%
1961	45.9%	46.7%
1962	46.3%	47.1%
1963	46.5%	47.4%
1964	46.6%	47.5%
1965	46.5%	47.5%
1966	46.2%	47.2%
1967	45.9%	46.7%
1968	45.5%	46.1%
1969	45%	45.3%
1970	44.5%	45%
1971	44%	45.6%
1972	43.4%	46.6%
1973	42.8%	47.3%
1974	42.2%	47.8%
1975	41.7%	48.2%
1976	41.1%	48.5%
1977	40.6%	49%
1978	40.1%	49.4%
1979	39.6%	49.8%
1980	39.2%	50.1%
1981	38.8%	50.3%
1982	38.6%	50.3%
1983	38.4%	50.4%
1984	38.2%	50.4%
1985	38.1%	50.6%
1986	38%	50.7%
1987	37.9%	50.8%
1988	37.7%	50.8%
1989	37.5%	50.6%
1990	37.2%	50.2%
1991	36.9%	49.7%
1992	36.6%	49.1%
1993	36.3%	48.4%
1994	36%	47.5%
1995	35.7%	46.6%
1996	35.5%	45.6%
1997	35.3%	44.7%
1998	35%	43.7%
1999	34.6%	42.8%
2000	34.2%	42%
2001	33.7%	41.3%
2002	33.2%	40.6%
2003	32.6%	39.9%
2004	32%	39.4%
2005	31.4%	39.1%
2006	30.7%	38.9%
2007	30%	39%
2008	29.4%	39.2%
2009	28.6%	39.4%
2010	27.9%	39.7%
2011	27.4%	39.7%
2012	27%	39.4%
2013	26.6%	38.8%
2014	26.2%	38.2%
2015	25.8%	37.5%
2016	25.5%	36.8%
2017	25.2%	36.2%
2018	24.9%	35.7%
2019	24.5%	35.1%
2020	24%	34.5%
2021	23.4%	34.4%
2022	22.8%	34.6%
2023	22.3%	34.7%
2024	21.8%	34.5%
2025	21.3%	33.9%
2026	20.8%	33.2%
2027	20.4%	32.6%
2028	19.9%	32%
2029	19.4%	31.4%
2030	19%	30.9%
2031	18.5%	30.3%
2032	18.1%	29.7%
2033	17.8%	29.2%
2034	17.6%	28.6%
2035	17.4%	28.1%
2036	17.3%	27.6%
2037	17.3%	27.3%
2038	17.2%	27.3%
2039	17.1%	27.4%
2040	17%	27.7%
2041	17%	28%
2042	16.9%	28.3%
2043	16.8%	28.6%
2044	16.7%	28.8%
2045	16.7%	29%
2046	16.6%	29.1%
2047	16.5%	29.1%
2048	16.4%	29%
2049	16.3%	28.8%
2050	16.2%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Malaysia	Marshall Islands
1960	251,090	452
1961	257,270	469
1962	262,140	488
1963	265,815	509
1964	266,406	536
1965	264,836	566
1966	262,162	603
1967	258,764	636
1968	260,705	685
1969	264,327	747
1970	269,341	819
1971	272,323	877
1972	276,263	913
1973	284,611	954
1974	289,880	1,000
1975	294,541	1,055
1976	300,615	1,109
1977	305,515	1,160
1978	311,027	1,207
1979	317,439	1,250
1980	326,947	1,287
1981	339,991	1,328
1982	353,138	1,375
1983	365,290	1,422
1984	376,797	1,470
1985	383,243	1,511
1986	385,799	1,544
1987	381,999	1,566
1988	386,507	1,575
1989	373,277	1,574
1990	384,518	1,556
1991	401,938	1,540
1992	418,900	1,525
1993	429,910	1,524
1994	437,873	1,524
1995	443,349	1,522
1996	450,174	1,542
1997	447,768	1,564
1998	436,316	1,576
1999	432,355	1,590
2000	417,371	1,592
2001	400,939	1,596
2002	381,084	1,594
2003	377,425	1,600
2004	365,138	1,595
2005	355,324	1,586
2006	349,509	1,556
2007	348,711	1,507
2008	362,380	1,443
2009	366,157	1,365
2010	360,260	1,273
2011	372,836	1,185
2012	371,497	1,097
2013	366,738	1,014
2014	367,587	959
2015	358,302	912
2016	345,681	866
2017	336,434	826
2018	324,568	785
2019	309,426	746
2020	283,282	689
2021	212,002	653
2022	237,560	606
2023	254,806	550

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 26 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malaysia, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Marshall Islands
1985	63	254
1986	59	274
1987	56	282
1988	55	276
1989	52	299
1990	51	311
1991	49	297
1992	48	322
1993	46	320
1994	44	303
1995	43	303
1996	42	292
1997	40	274
1998	39	259
1999	38	250
2000	37	251
2001	36	231
2002	34	223
2003	34	221
2004	33	238
2005	31	234
2006	30	233
2007	30	229
2008	29	226
2009	29	224
2010	29	212
2011	29	209
2012	29	207
2013	29	201
2014	30	199
2015	30	184
2016	30	183
2017	29	179
2018	29	167
2019	28	168
2020	29	178
2021	52	206
2022	38	174
2023	26	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Malaysia	Marshall Islands
1960	9.46%	12.2%
1961	8.83%	11.6%
1962	8.25%	11%
1963	7.74%	10.5%
1964	7.28%	10.1%
1965	6.89%	9.64%
1966	6.56%	9.25%
1967	6.27%	8.88%
1968	6.02%	8.53%
1969	5.79%	8.19%
1970	5.56%	7.87%
1971	5.32%	7.58%
1972	5.06%	7.33%
1973	4.79%	7.13%
1974	4.5%	6.97%
1975	4.23%	6.86%
1976	3.97%	6.77%
1977	3.71%	6.69%
1978	3.48%	6.61%
1979	3.25%	6.52%
1980	3.04%	6.42%
1981	2.84%	6.29%
1982	2.65%	6.15%
1983	2.47%	6%
1984	2.32%	5.83%
1985	2.18%	5.66%
1986	2.05%	5.49%
1987	1.93%	5.31%
1988	1.83%	5.13%
1989	1.74%	4.95%
1990	1.66%	4.76%
1991	1.58%	4.59%
1992	1.51%	4.43%
1993	1.45%	4.29%
1994	1.39%	4.2%
1995	1.34%	4.15%
1996	1.29%	4.14%
1997	1.23%	4.15%
1998	1.15%	4.19%
1999	1.07%	4.23%
2000	1%	4.25%
2001	0.93%	4.25%
2002	0.88%	4.24%
2003	0.85%	4.21%
2004	0.84%	4.18%
2005	0.83%	4.14%
2006	0.83%	4.1%
2007	0.82%	4.06%
2008	0.82%	4.02%
2009	0.82%	3.97%
2010	0.81%	3.94%
2011	0.81%	3.89%
2012	0.8%	3.82%
2013	0.81%	3.75%
2014	0.81%	3.66%
2015	0.81%	3.57%
2016	0.82%	3.48%
2017	0.82%	3.38%
2018	0.82%	3.29%
2019	0.82%	3.19%
2020	0.81%	3.1%
2021	0.81%	3%
2022	0.81%	2.91%
2023	0.81%	2.82%